What’s on your travel bucket list? Volunteering in Africa, teaching English in Prague, eating pasta in Rome? We dream of the next adventure, the next achievement, the next thing… but what about reflecting on the life we have lived? Here’s my reverse bucket list – my top 10 most unforgettable travel moments in Asia. 1. Watching sunrise…
I visited Bali last year for the first time in two decades. I travelled with my new partner (at the time) and our four teenagers (one mine, three his). It was wonderful to escape the bleak Melbourne winter in June for 10 days of tropical heat. Bali has changed in some surprising ways during the…
As the sun slowly sets on 2012, I'm taking a little time to reflect on the year that has been. If I had to sum it up on one word, it would be BIG! It has been a year of massive highs and one extreme low for me. You can't have one without the other, right? Let's…
I've been meaning to write about Paris for months. However, I should warn you, it will be difficult for me to write about the most romantic city in the world without sounding effusive. Paris was as wonderful as I imagined - and then some. Everything the French do, they do beautifully. The architecture, the art galleries,…
In three weeks I will board a plane to Germany. During my time in Europe I will stay in Amsterdam, lunch in Brussels, visit London and explore Paris. This trip is a dream come true for me. I hope to post a blog about each country - probably not while I'm travelling, but in the months ahead. So, fasten your seat…
I went to Europe with my mum and her best friend when I was three years old. I have five memories of that trip: the entrance to one room in the Tower of London, the house where we stayed in London, a street in Italy, a roadside in Germany and the grey of Buckingham Palace. They…
I am on my first real holiday in years. A holiday where the beach is the only destination on the itinerary. A holiday where reading is for pleasure only (I'm thoroughly enjoying Ita Buttrose's autobiography A Passionate Life). A holiday where afternoon naps are perfectly acceptable and, yes, I have actually taken one. We're visiting my hometown of Margaret River. The region is…
People often ask me how I got into writing. So, at the expense of my autobiography, I'm going to share the story with you. In 1995, I undertook a one year journey to Nepal and India to 'find myself.' I was 22 years old. Oh, and I'd met a Nepalese boy in Sydney I'd decided…
In September 2010, I was very fortunate to be offered a freelance writing and photography assignment with the Northern Territory Government. The job involved travelling to the remote Indigenous community of Ngukurr, located in south-east Arnhem Land. I would stay at Ngukurr for two days and cover the Futures Forum, part of the inaugural Yugul Mungi…
